Meaning of report In English

• 0 to give a description of something or information about it to someone:

  • We called the insurance company to report the theft.

  • The assassination was reported in all the newspapers.

  • I want you to report (to me) on progress (= on what you have done) every Friday.

  • [ + -ing verb ] Spies reported seeing a build-up of soldiers.

  • [ + obj + adj ] He was reported missing in action.

  • The inquiry reports (= will officially make its results known) next week.

  • The storm is reported to have killed five people.

  • My neighbours reported me to the police for firing my rifle in the garden.

• 1 to go to a place or a person and say that you are there:

  • I report for (= am ready for and at) work/duty at 8 a.m. every morning.

• 2 a teacher's written statement to parents about a child's ability and performance at school

  • a news/weather report

  • a company's financial/annual report

  • I gave/made/submitted a report of the theft to the insurance company.

  • She sent in weekly reports on the situation.

  • According to reports, ten pupils were expelled.

  • We're getting reports of a plane crash in Paris.

• 3 the loud noise of a shot:

  • We heard the loud/sharp report of a rifle.

• 4 to give a description of something or information about something to someone:

  • We called the police to report the theft.

  • The accident was reported in all the newspapers.

  • [ + that clause ] The crew reported that the situation was normal.

• 5 to go to a place and say that you are there or inform someone about what you are doing:

  • I report for work/duty at 8 a.m. every morning.

  • In this job you’ll be reporting directly to (= working for) the president.

• 6 information about something:

  • a financial report

  • I have to write a report on immigration.

  • According to reports there has been an earthquake in Los Angeles.

• 7 a spoken or written description of an event or situation:

  • give/make a report I think it is good practice for companies to make a proper report to shareholders.

  • write a report She wrote a simple no-nonsense report.

  • a report on sth Can you give us a report on what happened at the meeting?

  • an employment/inflation/market report

• 8 a statement that may or may not be true:

  • a report (that) Its shares have risen 33p over the past 10 days after reports it had received more than one approach.

  • According to reports from the US, details of the deal were leaked on internet message boards.

• 9 a report by a company each year with its audited (= officially examined) accounts, and information on how its management thinks it will do in the future:

  • In last year's annual report we set a goal to double our revenue within the next five years.

• 10 an official document made by someone who has examined a particular subject:

  • The panel's report said that governments are not spending enough on research.

  • a report on sth The task force published a scathing report on the impact of regulation on hotels and restaurants.

  • In a report, he said investors still face risks with this company if a merger does not occur.

• 11 a search for a particular type of information in a large amount of data, or the results of a search like this:

  • run/generate a report You may need to run a report for a meeting from your laptop at home.

• 12 an article in a newspaper or on television about a particular situation or event:

  • The statement was in response to a Dallas Morning News report.

  • a report on sth The evening news featured a special report on the banking crisis.

• 13 someone who works for a particular manager:

  • He has 15 direct reports.

• 14 to make a public statement about something:

  • report a rise/fall/drop They reported a 5.7% drop in sales.

  • report a profit/loss Their chief executive reported pre-tax profits of £489m.

  • The government reported the worst job losses in more than four years.

• 15 to give information about something or a description of something:

  • Dealers reported some extreme price movements among some of the biggest companies.

  • Small traders reported long waits to contact internet-based stockbrokers.

  • report that Staff members reported that morale had reached new lows.

  • report on sth The task force is due to report on its findings from the industry later this year.

  • report sth to sb That board has 30 days to report its findings to the President.

• 16 to make an official complaint or statement about someone or something to a person in authority:

  • report sb/sth to sb She threatened me, and I reported her to the manager.

  • report sb for sth She reported him for benefit fraud.

  • report sth stolen/missing/lost 66 vehicles have been reported stolen during the month of April.

• 17 to go to a place or person and say that you are there:

  • Anyone entering the building must report to the office.

  • report to sb He must report daily to a pretrial services officer in San Diego.

  • She reported for work right on time as usual.